Soy increases my goiter and tiredness, so I think I'm going to have to stay away from all but the highly-fermented types -- per the usual suggestions on thyroid treatment -- in spite of those benefits.

Cool! Did you think the field would lock if I chose one or the other w/o really knowing the answer? Good thing it didn't, but for posterity's sake -- if I run SWAMI on someone and accidentally lock a field incorrectly -- can Dr. D. unlock it manually?

I also wonder if I enter one or the other Scretor status, would it change my Food Lists accordingly? I didn't really look at those before changing it back to the default.

if I run SWAMI on someone and accidentally lock a field incorrectly -- can Dr. D. unlock it manually?

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Some 'unchangeable' fields, such as blood type, will 'lock' an hour after the initial form is completed. This stops someone from using one license to run diets on all their friends and family members.

Having had to do that, I also feel that everyone else should have the ability to further develop their SWAMI intake data as their bodies and/or health histories evolve. So I left a lot of the intake form unlocked. These unlocked parts let you continue to add additional or new data, then print out a fresh diet appropriate for those new circumstances.

an hour is plenty of time to get those locked fields right!

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I've heard that separating when you take your dosage of medication from the time you eat soy (by a couple of hours?) is important, and thus that avoiding it 100% with thyroid problems may not be necessary. I don't have that problem, so I can't speak from experience. I guess certain veggies can suppress thyroid function if they are raw but can be fine if they are cooked.

Even though a "nonsecretor" setting leaves you a "warrior" GenoType, it could change the ratings of foods.

(neutral grains might become avoids)

It also could affect frequency and portion sizes of some types of foods. For instance, nonsecretors might get more meat and poultry servings.

Sometimes very few changes occur when changing secretor status in SWAMI and sometimes there are substantial changes.Incidentally for myself I find that changing my secretor status can move me from teacher to warrior. If the secretor status is the only thing I change although my GenoType changes, my food lists and number of servings have very few changes. This will not be true for everyone.

Even though a "nonsecretor" setting leaves you a "warrior" GenoType, it could change the ratings of foods.

(neutral grains might become avoids)

It also could affect frequency and portion sizes of some types of foods. For instance, nonsecretors might get more meat and poultry servings.

Sometimes very few changes occur when changing secretor status in SWAMI and sometimes there are substantial changes.Incidentally for myself I find that changing my secretor status can move me from teacher to warrior. If the secretor status is the only thing I change although my GenoType changes, my food lists and number of servings have very few changes. This will not be true for everyone.

I checked my food lists using "secretor" and "non-secretor" --

Non-secretor gave me 2 red meat superfoods, changed sugar (brown & white) from neutral to avoid, and did change some of my grains from superfoods to avoids, including some of the soy items.

Secretor foodlists stays the same as not choosing the field at all - no red meats, lots of wheat and soy superfoods, sugars as neutral. It set my Warrior percentage lower than Non-secretor did.

My Swami gives me a hybridized BTD and GTD presumably because of my personal and family history medical problems.I have lost my dearly loved cuppa (black tea) and I will have to make a big effort to eat more vegetables, but I am surprised to find that red wine is still a diamond for me. Turkey will go down to once a week, but eggs come up to one a day!Quite a few surprises like the above, but I am confident that any small problems that I still have will be resolved. By the way, despite entering hypothyroidism in the questionnaire, I still come up with all the soy products in the super list.It feels so good to be personalized to this extent, and I thank Dr Peter.